A Lazy Man's Guide to Website Building
No tech skills required (no coding or setting up a file server)
Cheap hosting (>$5/mo)
Easy set up (>10 minutes)
I’ve used personally & would be willing to recommend
NameCheap
$10 a YEAR for a .com
offers discount on the longer duration you buy to own the domain
Often find coupons on RetailMeNot or just Google “Namecheap coupon”
first year = $9
Name Silo
cheapest option $9/ year
first year = $7
offers discounts on bulk orders (many different domain names)
HostGator
Pros:
Cloud: 5, 8, 10
Wordpress 6,8,10
Bluehost
Pricing 8, 11, 15
x10 Hosting
Pros:
Weebly
Pros:
Others: Hostinger iPage, SiteGround](https://www.siteground.com/], inMotion Hosting, Wix
WordPress
On HostGator
Build a New WordPress Site
Select domain or subdomain
On x10 Hosting
Open CPanel
Scroll down to “Softaculous App Installer”
Select WordPress then hit Install Now
Blog Title Admin E-mail password
domain.com/wp-admin
Add posts = blog posts
Pages = separate menu items
Appearence > Themes
Plugins for drag n’ drop: KingPoser, Elementor, Wishpond (single landing page)
LastPass Password generator (for creating your WordPress login - or any login for that matter): https://www.lastpass.com/password-generator
Easy way to store passwords so you don’t waste brain energy creating and memorizing them
Focus on building a solid blog. You cna add pages later, eventually, whenever, man
RANDOM EVENT:
Vote for ProcrastiN8r Political Ad by the Lazy Island Pizza Party...a little late for Election Day, as expected.
As a matter of honesty and transparency, some of the links included are affiliate links and I do earn some commission if you decided to use the links and make a purchase through them. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Cheap hosting (>$5/mo)
Easy set up (>10 minutes)
I’ve used personally & would be willing to recommend
NameCheap
$10 a YEAR for a .com
offers discount on the longer duration you buy to own the domain
Often find coupons on RetailMeNot or just Google “Namecheap coupon”
first year = $9
Name Silo
cheapest option $9/ year
first year = $7
offers discounts on bulk orders (many different domain names)
HostGator
Pros:
- Built-in site builder (add a blog, newsletter, e-shop)
- WordPress support
- Integrate third party shopping carts (like E-Junkie)
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Unlimited amount of sites in one plan
- WordPress Hosting cost more and runs slower without the “WordPress Hosting”
- shared hosting
Cloud: 5, 8, 10
Wordpress 6,8,10
Bluehost
- Includes Domain name
Pricing 8, 11, 15
x10 Hosting
Pros:
- Free unlimited
- Hosted E-mail address
- one site per login
- No SSL for free accounts
- No support for free accounts
- you have to login once per month on each account or it gets deleted
Weebly
Pros:
- very easy to use . drag n’ drop
- Free with SSL
- nice built in shopping/e-commerce (paid feature). Will get better too - just bought by Square
- up to 10 sites per login
- the free version is a dot weebly address (like tumblr, bad for SEO) unless you’re grandfathered in
- pay per site, no matter what plan
- very limited plugin options
- 500MB on free and connect
- No WordPress
- $5 just to connect a domain
Others: Hostinger iPage, SiteGround](https://www.siteground.com/], inMotion Hosting, Wix
WordPress
On HostGator
Build a New WordPress Site
Select domain or subdomain
On x10 Hosting
Open CPanel
Scroll down to “Softaculous App Installer”
Select WordPress then hit Install Now
Blog Title Admin E-mail password
domain.com/wp-admin
Add posts = blog posts
Pages = separate menu items
Appearence > Themes
Plugins for drag n’ drop: KingPoser, Elementor, Wishpond (single landing page)
LastPass Password generator (for creating your WordPress login - or any login for that matter): https://www.lastpass.com/password-generator
Easy way to store passwords so you don’t waste brain energy creating and memorizing them
Focus on building a solid blog. You cna add pages later, eventually, whenever, man
RANDOM EVENT:
Vote for ProcrastiN8r Political Ad by the Lazy Island Pizza Party...a little late for Election Day, as expected.
As a matter of honesty and transparency, some of the links included are affiliate links and I do earn some commission if you decided to use the links and make a purchase through them. Your support is greatly appreciated!
